Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Leysin Winter Sprint: 25/26th Feb. - 4th March 2017

The next PyPy sprint will be in Leysin, Switzerland, for the twelveth time.
This is a fully public sprint: newcomers and topics other than those
proposed below are welcome.

Goals and topics of the sprint

The list of topics is very open.

The main topic is Python 3.5 support in PyPy, as most py3.5
contributors should be present. It is also a good topic if you have
no or limited experience with PyPy contribution: we can easily find
something semi-independent that is not done in py3.5 so far, and
do pair-programming with you.

Any other topic is fine too: JIT compiler optimizations, CFFI,
the RevDB reverse debugger, improving to speed of your program on
PyPy, etc.

And as usual, the main side goal is to have fun in winter sports :-)
We can take a day off (for ski or anything else).

Exact times

Work days: starting 26th Feb (~noon), ending March 4th (~noon).

I have pre-booked the week from Saturday Feb 25th to Saturday March 4th.
If it is possible for you to arrive Sunday before mid-afternoon, then
you should get a booking from Sunday only. The break day should be
around Wednesday.

It is fine to stay a few more days on either side, or conversely to book
for a part of that time only.

Location & Accomodation

Leysin, Switzerland, "same place as before".

Let me refresh your
memory: both the sprint venue and the lodging will be in a
pair of chalets built specifically for bed & breakfast:
http://www.ermina.ch/. The place has a good ADSL Internet connection
with wireless installed. You can also arrange your own lodging
elsewhere (as long as you are in Leysin, you cannot be more than a 15
minutes walk away from the sprint venue).

Please confirm that you are coming so that we can adjust the
reservations as appropriate.

The options of rooms are a bit more limited than on previous years
because the place for bed-and-breakfast is shrinking; but we should
still have enough room for us. The price is around 60 CHF, breakfast
included, in shared rooms (3 or 4 people). If there are people that
would prefer a double or single room, please contact me and we'll see
what choices you have. There are also a choice of hotels in Leysin.

You need a Swiss-to-(insert country here) power adapter. There will be
some Swiss-to-EU adapters around, and at least one EU-format power strip.

The next PyPy sprint will be in Leysin, Switzerland, for the twelveth time.
This is a fully public sprint: newcomers and topics other than those
proposed below are welcome.

Goals and topics of the sprint

The list of topics is very open.

The main topic is Python 3.5 support in PyPy, as most py3.5
contributors should be present. It is also a good topic if you have
no or limited experience with PyPy contribution: we can easily find
something semi-independent that is not done in py3.5 so far, and
do pair-programming with you.

Any other topic is fine too: JIT compiler optimizations, CFFI,
the RevDB reverse debugger, improving to speed of your program on
PyPy, etc.

And as usual, the main side goal is to have fun in winter sports :-)
We can take a day off (for ski or anything else).

Exact times

Work days: starting 26th Feb (~noon), ending March 4th (~noon).

I have pre-booked the week from Saturday Feb 25th to Saturday March 4th.
If it is possible for you to arrive Sunday before mid-afternoon, then
you should get a booking from Sunday only. The break day should be
around Wednesday.

It is fine to stay a few more days on either side, or conversely to book
for a part of that time only.

Location & Accomodation

Leysin, Switzerland, "same place as before".

Let me refresh your
memory: both the sprint venue and the lodging will be in a
pair of chalets built specifically for bed & breakfast:
http://www.ermina.ch/. The place has a good ADSL Internet connection
with wireless installed. You can also arrange your own lodging
elsewhere (as long as you are in Leysin, you cannot be more than a 15
minutes walk away from the sprint venue).

Please confirm that you are coming so that we can adjust the
reservations as appropriate.

The options of rooms are a bit more limited than on previous years
because the place for bed-and-breakfast is shrinking; but we should
still have enough room for us. The price is around 60 CHF, breakfast
included, in shared rooms (3 or 4 people). If there are people that
would prefer a double or single room, please contact me and we'll see
what choices you have. There are also a choice of hotels in Leysin.